The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), the dedicated anti-corruption unit supported by the governing bodies of tennis, has revealed that a total of 48 alerts were generated in the first quarter of 2016 relating to unusual or suspicious betting activity in matches it monitors, up from 31 in the prior year year period.
The majority of the alerts concerned the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Men’s Futures tournament, which accounted for half (24) of all alerts over the three-month period. [...]
